Bundjalung Dictionary

Word List

Bundjalung	English	Category	Dialect
nyangga-, nganggi-			All		[more]
nyamul, nyamulbin	animal, young	animal	Middle Clarence		[more]
nyugam, nyugan	bailer shell ; basin ; pot ; billycan ; water container	artifact	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nyah-nya(h)	be careful!		Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nyugay	bee (generic)	insect	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nyugay, yugay, nyugay bargal	bee, Italian ; bee, English	insect	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nyugay(gan)	bee, queen ; queen bee	insect	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nyungambil, nyumbil	bird (any sort)	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nyumbil, nyungambil	bird, any	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nyangga	bird, regent	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nyangga, nangga-nangga, nyanggar	bird, regent ; bowerbird, regent ; regent bird	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nyuwanybil	bird, small (species)	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nyamul gayiribini	birth	body_part	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nyam	bit at a time		Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
nyahnydjam, nyahndjam	blind	body_part	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nyimgeh- jiyaw (nyimgeh jiyaw)	blink	body_part	Middle Clarence		[more]
nyumgi-	blink ; close the eyes	body_part	Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
nyalnyehlbay	buzzing noise in ears ; tinnitus	body_part	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
nyamgi-	close ; shut		Middle Clarence		[more]
nyanggay	day ; daytime ; sun time ; hot/warm time ; heat from sun	time	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nyindumba	death adder	reptile	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nyugahli-	discuss ; talk about	language	Middle Clarence		[more]
nyanga-, nyangga-	do (what) ; do something (with) ; make (something) ; make what with ; paint ; do what with ; know what to do with		Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
nyuray	dog, female native	animal	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
nyagar	empty ; no longer useful	artifact	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
nyaruny	father's sister ; aunt (father's sister)	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
nyugay	female of non-human animates		Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
nyahdjindi-	find?		Middle Clarence		[more]
nyiyahm	fish scale	fish	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nyimbuny	funny little fellow	people	Lower Richmond		[more]
nyahnbira-	gape		Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nyurungma-	gently, do		Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
nyamul bira-/burah-	give birth (of animal)	animal	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nyirbin	gorge wall ; slope, very steep	natural_environment	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
nyinyahn	grasshopper	insect	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nyanyehny	grasshopper (generic)	insect	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
nyuguhm	great-grandmother	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
nyunduhwen-	grieve ; worry		Middle Clarence		[more]
nyangili-	have what the matter with ; have something the matter with		Middle Clarence		[more]
nyule	he		Middle Clarence		[more]
nyule, nyuli	he		Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nyule, nyula, nyuli	he (intransitive subject)		Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
nyula, nyule	he ; male ; fellow ; it		Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond		[more]
nyahn.ganah	her (possessive)		Lower Richmond		[more]
nyingbul	hiccup	body_part	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nyungan	hiccup	body_part	Middle Clarence		[more]
nyugan	hill	natural_environment	Copmanhurs		[more]
nyulangi	him (accusative)		Lower Richmond		[more]
nyulagay	him, for		Lower Richmond		[more]
nyirgan	hip	body_part	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
nyulangah	his		Lower Richmond		[more]
nyihmanggal	honey drink	food	Middle Clarence		[more]
nyanggal	hot (temperature) ; sweat	natural_environment	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nyimbiny	house ; hut ; camp	artifact	Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence		[more]
nyangbu	how many ; so many		Middle Clarence		[more]
nyalyal	hurt	body_part	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nyugumbihny	husband	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
nyuhgan.gal	husband	people	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nyubang, nyubangdjar	husband ; sister's husband ; brother in law (sister's husband)	people	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nyirgi	initiation training (early), in preparation for initiation through First Rule of the tribal Law	language	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
nyaram	jew lizard, bearded ; jew lizard ; lizard, jew ; Bearded Dragon ; Dragon, Bearded	reptile	Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
nyaminy	kangaroo, black buck	animal	Middle Clarence		[more]
nyimdjar	kingfisher, azure	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nyanda	lagoon ; lake ; marsh ; swamp	natural_environment	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nyumbil	last		Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nyanay	leech, scrub	insect	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nyina-	lie ; recline		Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nyalagini-	lie to ; deceive ; cheat		Middle Clarence		[more]
nyambir	little ; small		Lower Richmond		[more]
nyaram	lizard, blue-tongued	reptile	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nyaram, ngaram	lizard, frilled	reptile	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nyunduh	lonely ; nostalgic ; grief, feeling	senses	Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
nyunduhmal	lonely person	people	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
nyang-	make		Middle Clarence		[more]
nyubani	married couple	people	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nyabaywen-	melt		Middle Clarence		[more]
nyari	name		Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
nyarima-	name		Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nyariba-	name ; give name to ; call		Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence		[more]
nyundil	name, Aboriginal	people	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]

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